When it comes to ketchup, people's first thought is whether it will be difficult to make. In fact, it is very easy to make ketchup. Lycopene in the heating link after more easily absorbed by the body, can play a cosmetic, delay the role of aging, ketchup can also be eaten with rice, can also be used as a drink to eat, can also be used for cooking, stir-fried vegetables, to the dishes to enhance the color and so on. Here's how to make it.

Main ingredient: 500g of fresh tomatoes

Methods/Steps

1. Wash the fresh tomatoes, remove the green part, if you don't like the skin of the tomatoes, you can also use boiling water to quickly blanch the tomatoes, which is easier to peel off the skin of the tomatoes and will not damage the flesh of the tomatoes. Of course, you do not have to remove the skin, this depends on personal preference. In addition, in the market to pick tomatoes, pay attention to the quality of tomatoes, it is best to choose the best quality tomatoes, and the size of the tomato is not too large, because too large tomato pulp is often hard, not conducive to the production of tomato sauce, and to choose the color of the tomato red tomatoes.

2. Cleaned tomatoes cut into small pieces, do not need to cut too small. If the tomatoes peeled the skin this time cut when you have to be careful, because you have to cut into small pieces, no skin protection, coupled with boiling water, if you are not careful, it is easy to cut the tomatoes rotten, resulting in the loss of nutrients.

3. Cut the tomato small pieces into the previously prepared rice cooker, rice cooker can be appropriate to add some water.

4. After putting the tomato pieces into the rice cooker, you can add some icing sugar to it, or some lemon juice, or nothing at all, depending on personal taste. Then use chopsticks to stir the tomato small pieces, conducive to the production of tomato sauce.

5. Heat the rice cooker with the tomatoes in it, and heat it until the tomatoes in the brine bottle are cooked to a thick consistency, and be careful not to cook it. It is also important to note that in the rice cooker heating process, be sure not to cover the lid, it is easy to cook paste! It is best to stir with a spoon while cooking.

6. At this point, the tomato sauce is ready. Preservation is also very easy to find a brine bottle to be sealed, the good ketchup into the brine bottle, with a rubber stopper cover into the refrigerator, you can save a long time. If you want to eat, you can always take out the ketchup. It is important to note that homemade ketchup is freshly made at a high temperature and should be cooled down before putting it in the refrigerator.